Tomato heaven 🍅

New arrival 😊

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Just look at all that gleaming, healthy beetroot at Frith Farm, on its way to be roasted and frozen ahead of Freedom FEASTival on Sunday September 3!

We'll be releasing some exciting FEASTival news this week, so keep your ears to the ground for details about how you can nominate someone for something very special... ... See more

Monday's Harvest... Have you ever seen a beet so big?
See you at the Annek shortly.

Delicious healthy recipe idea! The Rainbow chard we get from Frith Farm is amazing! ❤️💛💚💙💜

Brimming brilliant broccoli!

Another day on the farm brings new exciting produce. Broccoli well on its way.

- and a lovely photo of Ben.

Great produce reaching great places.

Superb produce from @frithfarming today locally grown chemical free zero food miles #rainbowchard #radish #heritagecarrots #gooseberries #lovesummer #food #cheflife #chefofinstagram #thewestwoodrestaurant #beverley #eastyorkshire ... See more

Just the finishing touches left for the Monday Box Scheme Harvest - Drop off Soon !
The first Fresh tomatoes will be on their way and we're keeping the tops on the beetroot.
Thank you for the support for local organic producers! ... See more

Box scheme ready for drop off point - the annex
See you all soon!
Don't forget your bag!

Cucumbers almost there x

Our Highgrove garden tour & cream tea is proving extremely popular, with just a few spaces still remaining!

Book your place now to enjoy a scrumptious cream tea and an afternoon within the relaxing surroundings of Highgrove garden.

Places are very limited and are allocated on a first come, first served basis. ... See more

Highgrove garden tour & cream tea at: Highgrove Gardenson: Thursday, 21 September 2017 - 1:45pm to 5:00pmJoin us for a tour around one of the UK's finest organic gardens. As part of TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall’s private residence, The Royal Gardens at Highgrove are opened ann... ... See more

Are you looking to learn more about organic growing practices or simply to enhance the skills you already have?

At Garden Organic we run a range of courses to inspire and support your organic growing.

From seed saving and planning your organic garden to exploring exotic veg and creating beautiful, natural Christmas decorations - we really do have something for everyone!

Places on our courses are very popular so early booking is recommended to secure your spot! ... See more

Our #WeedyWednesday is proving very popular so if you missed this week's plant, don't worry, here it is again!

The ground elder is invasive and hated - but surprisingly tasty!
This attractive plant with bright, upright green foliage and white flowers is a pest for #gardeners.

Like bindweed, ground elder is a persistent weed, it will rapidly reproduce and create a carpet of plants from rhizomes, which can grow up to 90 cm per year! To eradicate it, the soil should be repeatedly dug over and the rhizomes removed and burnt.
Alternatively you could always eat it! The tender, new leaves can be eaten as a spring leaf vegetable, much like spinach.

Thank you to everyone who commented, giving their own experiences of this persistent weed!

#saturdaythrowback #groundelder #weedoftheweek ... See more

Weedy Wednesday - Ground elder This week's plant in our Wednesday Weed series is ground elder. Invasive and hated - but surprisingly tasty! In this weekly series, we take a quick look at common garden weeds. How they grow, what benefits they bring to the garden, and how to manage them. Organic growe... ... See more

For this week’s #fridaytip we’re discussing #soil health & #mulches. Keep the soil around fruit trees and bushes in good condition, especially in hot dry spells this month.

Mulch well, but always onto wet soil. Leave a gap around the stem or trunk to allow air flow. Grass mowings, #leafmould, rough #compost and similar materials are all suitable mulches.

If you have small trained fruit trees - apples and pears which are espaliered or cordoned – now is a good time to prune them back into shape.

Our Head of Organic Horticulture Chris Collins is here to give you an introduction to mulching...

If you find our information useful you could help us to continue providing this advice by donating just £2 to Garden Organic today. Please text TIPS17 £2 to 70070 to donate. Thank you 😃 #fridaytip #mulches #organicgardening ... See more

Are you planning ahead for your new year's growing and do you want to refresh the skills you already have, whilst introducing the principles of organic growing into your garden?

Our upcoming 'Introduction to Organic Vegetable Growing' half day course is perfect if you're looking to get started with growing your own fruit and veg. ... See more

Are you thinking of growing your own veg? Do you want to refresh the skills you already have and introduce the principles of organic growing into your garden?

We will give you the confidence to start growing your own veg organically with our half-day introductory course. This course will teach you everything you need to do and buy to get you on the path to enjoying your own delicious home-grown food while caring for your environment.

The main focus of this course will be on how to get going with your garden, and we’ll cover all the basic organic principles around composting, managing pests and diseases, crop rotation and attracting beneficial wildlife. We will be using our gardens to demonstrate these ideas in action and can answer any questions you may have.

As part of the course there will be a short practical growing skills session, and there will be something of a seasonal nature for you to take away and add to your organic garden.

This course is ideal for the beginner to intermediate gardener. ... See more

This week's plant in our #WeedyWednesday series is ground elder. Invasive and hated - but surprisingly tasty!

This attractive plant with bright, upright green foliage and white flowers is a pest for #gardeners.

Like bindweed, ground elder is a persistent weed, it will rapidly reproduce and create a carpet of plants from rhizomes, which can grow up to 90 cm per year! To eradicate it, the soil should be repeatedly dug over and the rhizomes removed and burnt.

Alternatively you could always eat it! The tender, new leaves can be eaten as a spring leaf vegetable, much like spinach.

#weedywednesday #groundelder #weedoftheweek ... See more

Weedy Wednesday - Ground elder This week's plant in our Wednesday Weed series is ground elder. Invasive and hated - but surprisingly tasty! In this weekly series, we take a quick look at common garden weeds. How they grow, what benefits they bring to the garden, and how to manage them. Organic growe... ... See more

We updated you last week on our member's experiments and now we'd like to know if you have harvested any of your plants?

We're just about ready to harvest our #tomatillos and plan on making a tasty roasted tomatillo salsa! Here's what you'll need...

Ingredients:
1lb of tomatillos, cleaned, with papery cases removed
2 cloves of garlic roughly chopped
1 small onion roughly chopped
Juice of half a lemon
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 green chilli (optional), sliced
2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves

Method:
Preheat oven to 200c. Place tomatillos, garlic, onion, chilli on a baking tray, and pour over 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Roast for around 7 minutes, or until the skins of the tomatillos are just starting to char. Blend all the remaining ingredients, except the olive oil using a blender so that it still retains a rough texture. The olive oil should be drizzled in last, with the blender still running.

The salsa will have tangy taste and makes a great addition to mexican food. It will keep up to a week in the fridge.

If you've got any recipes that you enjoy making with your tomatillos then please share them with us below...

#GOExperiments #organiccooking #tomatillos ... See more

Are you looking for a few more key items to complete your summer ☀️ wardrobe?

We have a range of exclusive designs on a range of t-shirts, tops and #accessories, all made from #ethical 100% #organic cotton.

For this weekend only we're offering #FREEPOST on any item until midnight Sunday! gardenorganic.teemill.co.uk ... See more

David Coop: "It weighed a lovely 44kg, so we only just managed to lift it! As you can see, it made a truly impressive Halloween lantern, although it did take all night to carve it."

Jeremy Newson got 171lb with his and says "Hi Crew, here it goes—several photos to follow. Wonderful seed. Nearly 2 tons of squash and pkins off our patch. .. Our local hospice got £150 from guess the weight of the big pumpkin + £120 from the charity allotment jar." ... See more

Helen Pottinger broke her wheelbarrow 😮with her gaint pumpkin: "I planted one at my allotment and it weighed in at 7 and a half stone - or 105 pounds. I didn't know how we were going to lift it but eventually came up with the idea of enrobing it in an old sweatshirt, turning it upside down - and then two of us were able to lift it into the wheelbarrow by the arms! We managed to break the wheelbarrow in the process but did get it into the boot of the car and then used a saw to cut it into quarters back at home. So far, it has made 7 batches of soup, 6 pumpkin pies and a pumpkin and parsnip casserole = delicious! The remainder has been distributed amongst friends and neighbours and was very gratefully received!" ... See more

Another good Real Seeds Giant Pumpkin competition entry - a very fine squash by Annie Sax:

Real Seeds Giant Pumpkin competition - from Julie Bissell: "My Giant grew up to 48 inch circumference, 44kg of squash - the best photo I could get was of a Hokkaido squash next to it (my cats refused to pose for long enough!)" ... See more

We want to share some of the Real Seeds Giant Pumpkin Competition entries. This is from Rich, who says: "here is a picture of my 6 foot son and a pumpkin we grew together "😁

Seeds! Lovely fresh seeds! Get your new season seeds now... We just wanted to let everyone know our new 2018 Real Seed Catalogue is online 🙂
There are a very few varieties still waiting to be tested but almost everything is packed now; we hope you enjoy it.
(Delivery times? We aim to get them out to you within a week of ordering, but we get really busy January-March, so if you wait til then it can take a little longer.)
http://www.realseeds.co.uk/ ... See more

A catalogue of the very best vegetable seed for home gardeners, with interesting heirloom and heritage varieties. Guaranteed better flavour or your money back.

New season website almost finished - just a few things left working their way through drying and testing. In the meantime we've been harvesting yacon. The first few packs are available now, and we'll be packing up more this week.
http://realseeds.co.uk/unusualtubers.html ... See more

Last call for entries to our Giant Pumpkin photo competition! Send us a picture of your Pacific Giant grown from our seed; the winner will be the person with the most awesome photo, and the prize is £20 worth of seed of your choice. ... See more